Root digging and gathering machine.



A. R. DITSWORTH.

BOUT DIGGING AND GATHERING MACHINE.

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ROOT DIGGING AND GATHERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 001221, 1912. 1,105,762. Patented Aug. 4, 1914. z SHEETS-SHEET z.

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THENURRIS PETERS CO., PHUTULHHO., WASHINGTON. D. C.

`Digging and Gathering ALFREDR. DITSWORTH, OFlLONEROCIK, I-OiWA.

noornieoiivo `im GATHERING Macaira.`

To all iii/0m t may concern.

Be it `known` that I; ALFRED R. DirswoRTii, a citizen of the United States, resid ing at Lonerock, in the county ot Kos,y suth and State of Iowa, have invented cer tain new and useful Im .irovements in Root achines,1of which the following is a specification, reference bef ing had tothe accompanying y drawings.

and useful improvements in `a machine for` digging earth and separating the same from, the roots and vines contained `therein andl The piesent;invention pertains to new thengathering the roots and Vines.

The primary object of the .present inven-i tion is` the production of an efficient operat` ingldevice of this kind whereby the earth `is plowed, then conveyed` uponthe device to be broken up, then separatiugthe earth i from. the roots and vines, and discharging the same at the rear ofthe deviceiuto `a` wagon body or other receptacle. i i

A" machine or apparatus thus shown,.1s designed especially for mechanically `scoop- `ing up the earth and separating the same from the roots and vines, Yandthence depositing the same at the rear of the machine, and the idea is to handle the work mechani-` cally and 1in bulk rather than a manually operated device, as heretofore, thus making the machine essentially a labor and time" saving improvement and `doing y a given amount of work at a greatly reduced `cost as compared with hand labor.i

The invention further consist-s of certain `novell details of construction, combination,

formation and arrangemeiitof parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and particularly pointed out in the oppended drawings,`iri-vvh.icli; u u l Figure 1 `is a side elevation einbodymg my invention. 111g 2 ,Si a. plan new of the same.

2,.l `ig. 5 `is a detail horizontalfsection. Fig. 6 is fragmentary side `elevation of the crushing mechanism. i i

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings7 the numeral `1 indicates a suitable framework being supported upon` front steering wheels2 and rear;t1action wvheels "3, the said rear wheels 3 being keyed upon i Specification. ot Letters Patent.

` i Application filed October 21. 1912. Serial No. 727,035.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section' taken on the line 3-3 of F 1g. 1, Fig.` 4 is a transverse section on the line 44 of Fig.

4a suitable shaft 4 to which is connected the operating mechanism.

Carried bythe forward end of the frame- Patented Aug. 4, 1914,.;

workl is an inclined frame 5 having mounti i ed thereupon in any preferred manner an endless belt 6, this belt ;G having arranged thereupon prongs or similar projections-7 so that when the earth or roots are deposited upon the conveyer, the saine will be raised` upwardly and rearwardly, as will be hereinafter described. The frame 5 is provided with a pair of side members 6 which preventthe soil from falling oli' the sides-of the conveyer as the same is conveyed from the low to the breakers.

Slidably mounted within bearings 8, car ried by the` framework l, is a yoke member to a plow blade or scoop 11. upon opposite sides of the plow blade are vertically extendingblades 12 which ob-V viously permits the scoop to penetrate the 9 being curved at its lower extremity, as at `l0, and `having permanently secured there- Extending 1 ground and raise` the earth, whereas the sideblades 12 cut the earth to the width of the plow blade. shaft 13 is` suitably journaled upon." the A vertically i `extending i medial portion of the frame 1 and extends through thetransverse portion 1-lof the* upper end of the yoke member 9. `'lhis shaft 13 is threaded and has keyed upon its upper end. a hand wheel 15 so that when the hand wheel 15 is rotated, the yoke't) will apparently be raised or lowered, which iii-i turn will also raise `and lower the plow' This obviously provides means for `holding the plow blade out` `of engagement with the ground and also provides means for holding the plow blade at'the del sired depthwithin the ground.

Extending diagonally of the fi'aine are a plurality of longitudinally arranged bars 16 each of which has formed upon the upper face thereof a lurality of angular teethl' The upper encs of these bars are `arranged adjacent the lrear end of the conveyerG whereby the sod may be deposited thereupon and then dropped by gravity upon a separator 20. When the sods are upon the* bar 16 I provide means for crushing the` saine before depositing them upon the sepa-` rator 90.` This means comprises a plurality of arms18 hingedly secured at oneiendas'lat,

1,105,762 n l a oscillate immediately above the firstV men- Intestimony whereof I hereunto aflix my tionecl tootheclzu'ms, cranks operatiyely colispjnzltm'e in 'the presence of two witnesses. heeled with the .lutter and intermediate thelr ALFRED Rw DITSWORTHI respective lengths, links operatively couf' heated with the lower ends of said arms, and y ll'itnesses:

means operatively connected with `the eon- CHAs. KuLsAn,`

xeyei' te operate the crank shaft. Emma A. MYHRE,

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